Cooling-box.



rnanaRIcx'A. NorsNaoF oHVIoAGo, ILLINOIS. l

No. eoaaei.

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I To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that 1, FREDERICK A. No- PENz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago., in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inv CoolingBoxes, of

. which the following is a specification.

T his` invention relates to improvements in a cooling box or receptacle, to be used for receiving and maintaining at a low degree vof l temperaturerarticles 'of food, such as meats,

vegetables, fruit, milk and other edibles, to .the-end that they may be preserved for a considerablelength of time or unt-il required for use, and-it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement and operation of the variousI parts thereof, as

will be hereinafter, in full, set forth and specically claimed.

' The principal object of the invention is to provide a cooling box which shall be simple` and inexpensivein construction, portable,

, compact n1 form and so made that a volume of water mayI be caused to circulate around all of the siiies of the compartments in the box, With the exception of the front or open vention Anotheriobject of the invention is to so construct and arrange the parts of the box that it'A may besu ported on a wall or other suitable support a ove a sink or drain basin, so that the water may be dischar ed through said sink or basin, and also in suc a manner that the box may be readily connected with a supply of water under pressure. Other- `cqhects and advantages of the inbe disclosed in the subjoined description and ex lanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains, to make and use the same, I will-nowfprocecd to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawing in 'l'llCllf- I Y Figure l'is a perspective `view of a box ernbodying the invention, showing one of its doors in an opened position, and the other door closed and illustrating a part of the to'p of the box broken away todisclose the as- .sages for the water. Fig. 2 is a vertical, on-

rtudinal sectional view, taken on line 2j-2 of 1g. l, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional viewv taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by arrows. Fig. g1- is a simi- ,sommation I Letter Patent. Application Ned July 29, 1907. Serial No. 885,968.

l Patented sept. 22, 190e.

A i lar view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2 and-Fig;

5 is' a perspective view of a portion of the rear wall and Hoor of the casing, and a the inner'wall of the box, showing their relative positions and the construction of the rear assage for the Water.

Li enumerals of reference refer to correviews of the drawing.

` The outer shell or casing of the box is designated' by the reference numeral 10, and may be made of any suitable siz'e, form andv and with its front portion open. Secur to means of which the box may be moved from one place to another. Located within the vcasing 10, at a distance from the rear Wall thereof, is a vertical wall or partition 11,

whichextends from the top of casing 10 to the bottom 10a thereof, as is clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawing.

Extending horizontally from near the bottom of the partition 11, to the front portion from the bottom of casing 10 and has a dis charge pipe 13, which passes through both the oor 12 and the bottom ofthe casing 10, and is for'the discharge of water which ma accumulate on the iioor 12. zontally and at a slight distance below Vthe the other end thereof, and also extends from the innerwallor artition 11', to the front of the casing, as wig be readily understood by reference to Figs. 2, 3 and 4 of the drawing'.

Extending downwardly from the partition 14 near the end thereofgvhich is connected to one end of the casing, is a vertically disposed corn artrnent 15, which is formed bv the vertica walls, 11, 16, 1'1 and the/horizontal partitions 14 and 18, the latter of ing, and 1s provided with a drain pipe 19, which passes through both the floor 1S and bottom of the casing. By referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the wall 16 divides the middle only. Communicating with thc space 20 at one end of the casing 10, is a water supply pipe 21, which leads to and has communication*with a supply of water under part of sponding 'parts throughout the different I material, but preferably rectangularinsha' each of its ends near its topis a handle 9 by i of the casing 10, is a fioor- 12, which is spaced Located honvtop of the casing 10, 1s a partition 14, which extends from one end of the casing to near" which is vspaced from thc bottom of the raaf vbox vertically and 'that the iioor 12 extends from near one end of the casing to about its `'pressure (not shown). 'Below-thepartition 14 and extendingr from. about its'iiiiddle to that end thereof, opposite the supply p ipe' 2l, is a coiiipartniept 22,

ingI left open. p

ltwill )o .obsei-ved that the walls 24 ant-l 25 of the compartment 22 are spaced fioin thepartition lt and end wall ofthe outer casing, and .also that a partition 2G horizontally located at a'distance below: the horizontal iloor '23, and extends from oneend of the easing 10 to near the partition 16, at which end is located Va vertical baille plate 27,

which extends to'near the lower surface of the partition 14 and'tiansveisely oi the cas-- ing. Below the partition 26' is a'eouipai'tnient 28, which comprisesvthe inner wa partition 26, lloor oi' partition 2t) and' end walls 3 0 and 31, thc front portion of said compartment being left open. llorizontally located below the tloor 29 is a. partition 32, which extends from the partition 1G to near that end of4 theeasing opposite the supplyv pipe, and troni the wall 11 to the iront o the easing. At the end ot' the partition 32, atljaeent to the end of the casing, is a vertical and transveisely located partition 3,3, which is iiiteriosed at a. distance from each, hetween die end piece iUof the. compartment 2S and the end of the casing, and extends at its upper end to near the. partition 26, and at its lower end to near the lloor of the easing. Below the partition 32 is a compartment 34, which con'ipi'ises the wall 11,' partition 32, iloor 12 and walls 33 aiidi, t-lie frontpor- 'tiori o' said compari-nient being left open.

lio/.rated vertically .and transverscl ol' the casing between the lower portion of the pai'- t-ition 16, a'nd the wall 35, and spaced from eac.h,is a baille plate. Sti, which extends from t-lie floor of the casing to near the partition 32. '1`rai i sversel v located between the rear wall of the casing` It) and the inner wall 1l, are two spaced apart vertical partitions 257 and 38, which are located near one corner of thc box in that end thereof, opposite the. supply e pipe 2l.

As will be clearly seen'by reference to Fig. 5,-the lower cnd of the. partition 37 is spaced from the bottoni or looi' 10"l but hasl itsupper cud llush with the top of the rear wall o the casini, and inircr wall ll, while the partition 32s rests at its lower cud` on the bottoni or loor lll, and has its iippcitcnd spaced from the top ol' the rcai' wall and inner wall, thus permittingr watci' to pass in the direction indicated liv the arrows, from the space 3S", out throuirh :in outlet. pipe 35)., located in the lower portion o l' the casing: and bctwccu one of its ends, and thc. partition :isms shown in the Fig, 5 ol thc drawing. cud ol the casing 1t), is ailooi- 139, used for l for closing the coi'iipartnients y22, 38 and 34.

; The upper rear portion of the easing is pro-vv which comprises-t the partitions' 11, 14, lloor 23 und end walls 24and25, the front oi thc c onipartinent bea ,idet' with apertured brackets or lugs 41, b v ineais of which the box in aj* be supported oir af wall or other suitablesupport over a sink` or drain basin.

.Fronitlie foregoing and by reference to the drawing, it will be readily understood and clcaitvv seen'tliat a box constructed accordi to my invention will be eoiiipact'in form, an may be connected to a snppiy of water under when the water is adniitte vto the space 20, through the supply pipe 21, it will takethe course indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2, and circulate around the various compartments,

end wall of the casing, through an outI et 43,

Vover the top of the partition 38, and out through the outlet 39", which may lead to au)v suitable receptacle or drain.

By the peculiar arrangement of the parti-v tions strips 37 and 38 in the rear hollow wall of the device, it is apparent that the water supplied through. the supply-pipe 21 will b retained in the shell oi' casingr so as to Cause it to com iletely surround, except at the iront., all oi the compartments, and that none of tho water will escape until its level hasA reached the top of the partition strip 38. This arrangement also prevents any back tlow, and as the water is supplied under pressure it is evidentthat there will be a continuous circulation of the same. through the spaces therefor.

llavingtlius fully described the invention, what l claiml as new, and desire to secure by [letters-Patent, is

1.. [ii a cooling-box, the combination with a casingr lia-ving communication with a Supply of water and provided with an inner vertical wall spaced from its rear wall, of two transverse vertical partitions located in said partitions having its lower end spaced from the lloor ol' the box, and the other one having its upper end spaced from the to of the box, an outlet. in the lower portion ofp the box betlie end walls of the box, and one orinore compartments located within the casing and ol' water therebetween.

2. ln a cooling-box, the cmuliiuation with a cas-iury having communication with a supt ply'of water andprovided with an inner vertical wall spaced from its rear wall, of two space, ucar one corner of the. box, one of saidl spaced therefrom to permit ofthe circulation `transveise vertical partitions located in said pressure, and suitably su ip'oited, so that e and will be discharged from the space or pas-` sage 42, kbetween the wall 17 and ad'accnt A '85 into the, space 3S, troni whence it will pass "tween the last named partition and one of i the lloor of thebox, and the other one having Y closing the.coinpartmcnt 1'5, and hinged to l its uppcrend spaced from the top of the box, 13

"anges: Y'

anfoutlet in the lower portion of the box besame and between thel casing and said eon' tween the. last-named partition and one lof partments.

the end walls of thebox', and a' series of com- 'partment'sf located within-the vcasing and FREDERICK A 1 spaced plt as, well 'as spaced 'h on the cas- Wtilesss:

ing to permit of the circulation of water be- (.l TxLIxAN, j tween said compartments and around -the v M. Lnmnoml. Y 

